( 1 ) BY means of the present petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner nos. 1 to 7 who claim themselves to be members of the Consolidation Committee of village akraura, district Bahraich (now district Sharawasti) and petitioner No. 8 the Consolidation committee Unit Akraura, pray for Issuance of a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the order dated 19. 9. 1998 whereby the request of the petitioners to stop consoltdation proceedings and to conduct the said proceedings afresh has been rejected and for quashing of the whole consolidation proceedings of the said village. Prayer for issuance of a writ In the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to finalise/confirm the provisional consolidation scheme and to hold consolidation proceedings afresh from very beginning has also been made.

( 2 ) IT appears that the Gram Sabha of village Akraura adopted a resolution on 15. 4. 1998 to oppose and boycott the consolidation proceedings in the village, to insist upon the authorities to cancel the consolidation proceedings in the said village and to conduct the proceedings afresh, on the ground that certain irregulariti